The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

